Mark 13:29

29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

Mark 13:29 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:29

So ye, in like manner
This is an accommodation of the parable to the present case:

when ye shall see these things come to pass;
the signs preceding the destruction of Jerusalem, and especially the abomination of desolation, or the Roman army surrounding it:

know that it, o
r he is nigh, even at at the doors;
either that the destruction of Jerusalem is near; or that the son of man is just ready to come to take vengeance on it; or as Luke says, ( Luke 21:31 ) , the kingdom of God is nigh at hand; or a more glorious display of the kingly power of Christ, in the destruction of his enemies, and a greater spread of his Gospel in the Gentile world; (See Gill on Matthew 24:33).

Mark 13:29 In-Context

27 Then will he send forth his angels, and will gather together his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

28 "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

30 Most assuredly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.

31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.